Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bernard, Ric, David, Mark, Douglas Thanks for looking. To just put it in perspective, because it is difficult to gauge age when you have a full fledged burka on, the lady in the first shot must have been in her 40s - but she was already a grandmother; the two young girls in the second shot were probably 12/13 years old. There are Muslims everywhere in India, but in our state of Tamil Nadu, they are a fairly insignificant minority. The other three states in South India, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have substantial populations. What surprised me is the number of burka clad women who turned out for the Republic Day parade - I have never seen anything like it! Must be one of the days sanctioned by the husbands for an outing in public (-: To answered Bernard's query, that kid was looking at me taking her photograph - I was pretty close by. I was surprised as well that none of the burka clad women protested even once at having their photographs taken, they seemed quite willing - even after a lifetime behind this barricade of a dress, I suppose, traces of femininity and the need for public acknowledgement still remain. I was just trying to show that through the only expressive human organ visible - the eyes. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Interesting eyes, Jayanand. I hadn't realised that Muslims were a strong > feature of Chennai until the recent protests a few months ago about that > film. Up til then I had assumed they were in the more northerly parts of > India. > > Douglas > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < > jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" < > psm1857 at googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:51 AM > Subject: [Leica] Two Portraits > > > Today was Republic Day, and for the first time in 22 years in Chennai, >> went >> there to get a few shots. I will start out with a couple of portraits on a >> theme: >> >> Eyes 1: >> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/jayanand/People/TCane/** >> RepDay_20130126_269.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/TCane/RepDay_20130126_269.jpg.html> >> >> Eyes 2: >> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/jayanand/People/TCane/** >> RepDay_20130126_078.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/TCane/RepDay_20130126_078.jpg.html> >> >> Please see LARGE >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information >